CHAMPION: Shalamitski Wins 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Minsk, Belarus

SKIP
Ilya
Shalamitski

Third
Pavel
Petrov

Second
Dzimitry
Rudnitski

Lead
Yevgeny
Tamkovich

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.20
PA/G:	5.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) won 6-3 over Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Shalamitski won 6-4 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the semifinals of the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 8-5 over Mihhail Vlassov (Tallinn, EST) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;

Shalamitski finished 3-1 in the 15 team Tallinn Mens International Challenger qualifying round, held September 28 - 30, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Shalamitski defeated Daniel Poulsen (Hvidovre, DEN) 11-3, then went on to lose 8-3 against Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Shalamitski responded with a 7-1 win over Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Shalamitski won 9-5 against Olaf Bolkenbaas (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tallinn Mens International Challenger Championship title, Shalamitski earned 11.792 world rankings points along with the $1,801CDN first prize cheque, moving up 475 spots the World Ranking Standings into 187th place overall with 11.792 total points. Shalamitski ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.792 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	1	0	0.857	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	49	50	29	10.20	5.92	4.29	5.51	3.88	1.85	1.53	0.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	21	30	3	2	0-0	3-0	8-0	1.43	0.14	0.58	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	28	20	26	1	0-1	2-1	5-5	0.71	0.93	0.56	0.39

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